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Investors look for Opportunity Zones to get an extension and a fresh dose of tax-advantaged capital
The shape of Republicans’ new tax bill is not yet known, but that’s not slowing Arctaris Impact Investors. The Boston-based fund manager is …
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The Call
Exclusive video calls with industry insiders
The Call: How commercial investors are streamlining blended fund structures (video)
Blended finance is rebounding, but this time with a twist. Commercial investors are stepping up to drive some of the biggest blended-finance funds …
The Call: Moving from the ‘why’ to the ‘how’ of impact incentives
ImpactAlpha, January 19 – Impact investors have for years debated the need for embedded structures to incentivize impact outcomes for impact fund managers. …
Mobilizing capital in Indian Country (video)
ImpactAlpha, August 25 – A growing ecosystem of Native-led entrepreneurs, lenders, financial intermediaries and nonprofits are driving Indian Country’s emerging economy. “It’s kind …
Metrics Madness: Wealth, ownership and ‘quality adjusted life years’ (video)
ImpactAlpha, Mar. 31 – The search for a universal metric to guide investments in racial justice and equitable wealth-building was…aspirational. “We are still a …
Agents of Impact Call No. 45: Creative capital for gender-smart investments (video)
ImpactAlpha, September 30 – Capital to support women’s economic growth and financial inclusion is flowing – finally! – in many advanced economies. In emerging …
Impact Voices
Provocative opinions and insightful analysis from the community
How catalytic capital helped unlock ecosystem regeneration in Brazil
In Brazil, land use and agriculture account for 75% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. These sectors also drive biodiversity loss, fueled by …
The returns are there for high-impact investments, they just require patience
Whether or not investors have to trade off financial returns for social or environmental good is a stubbornly sticky question in impact investing. …
How ‘catalytic warehousing’ can help stand up emerging fund managers and accelerate climate investing
How can we meet the world’s need for impact financing when emerging fund managers face strong headwinds raising capital — in particular for …
Why Ceniarth is providing grant funding to the Catalytic Capital Consortium
We were doing something that we rarely do. We made a field building grant. Last week, Ceniarth announced that we have joined the …
Harnessing global momentum for catalytic capital
The Catalytic Capital Consortium, or C3, is looking to the future as we take stock of the first five years of this initiative. …
Agents of Impact
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